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Do Liquid Drain Cleaners Really Work?

I love those "As Seen on TV" commercials – seemingly, a year's worth of hair/toothpaste/soap scummy drain buildup can be blasted out in minutes with a good dose of some mystery liquid known as a...

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Plumber, Pipefitter, Journeyman, Sanitation Engineer - By any name, it’s one...

"If I [were] a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber ... in the hope to find that...

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Q&A with Ray – Top Questions This Week

Q: I have a gas fireplace and I'm picking up the smell of gas in the firebox. I suspect a leaky valve. Should I call a fireplace company? A: You can, but a reputable fireplace or chimney company will...

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Updating Your Plumbing for a Downsizing Family

Life changes when the kids move out. It's quiet and the water bill goes waayy down. Is a 40-50 gallon water heater tank still needed? In our mid-century split-level home, we're transforming a...

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Toilet Troubleshooting

When there's trouble in the toilet area, a happy household or business environment can quickly go right down the drain. According to EnlightenMe.com, the five most common toilet plumbing problems (and...

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Water Heaters – Do You Really Need A New One?

When we purchased our home 20 years ago, it came with a "new-ish" 40-gallon water heater. It's a good brand and has served our family well. Our best guess is that it's now over 25 years old. It...

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Water You Drinking...Are You Sure?

Back in the '80's, I worked in a restaurant overlooking scenic Indian Lake, Ohio. It is a reservoir that provides water to its community of locals and tourists. The running joke among the restaurant...

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Hot Water Heater Safety Tips

We've written many DIY blogs, but the recent water heater explosion in Boston (see reference on our Facebook page) gave us pause. Usually, plumbing fits nicely with a handy homeowner's skill level, but...

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NOFRO - Just Say No to Frozen Pipes!

Planning now can save $$$ this winter. In winter, things freeze. We protect our cars against fuel line freeze-up, we protect ourselves against frost bite. Before things get too cold, taking a few steps...

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Freeze Alert? Frost-Free Faucets are the Business!

Frost-free makes winterizing exterior plumbing a snap.I realized last week, while scraping frost off the car windshield, that we had completely forgotten to put the garden hoses away for the winter....

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Tank vs. Tankless Water Heaters

Changing an American paradigm is tough. We've all experienced (and likely adopted) "disruptive innovations" -- inventions that create a new market and eventually revolutionize an industry. Common...

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Hot Water Heaters, Drinking Water & Power Outages

It’s not if, it’s when. Be prepared. For some reason, power outages in our urban Cincinnati neighborhood are common. Seemingly, our household power relies on a transformer that is frequently knocked...

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Today's Toilet Choices: Making Thomas Crapper Proud

Thomas Crapper (1836-1910), the London plumber frequently credited with inventing the flush toilet*, knew a good thing when he saw it. Crapper became an apprentice plumber at age 14, and launched his...

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Do I Need A Water Softener In Cincinnati?

We recently heard a local radio station running an ad for water softeners in the Greater Cincinnati Area. Having long been under the impression that Cincinnati water is among the finest in the country,...

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Basement water backups?

Installing a backwater valve may be the answer to your troubled waters. Recently, we came home to a major problem in our basement shower – bits of toilet paper and raw sewage had gurgled up from the...

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Our Greater Cincinnati Water Works (and "works" well!)

We've been closely following the developing story on the Flint, MI water crisis. After reading the in-depth news reports, we are thankful for the Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW) -- it's one of...

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Time for a New Kitchen Faucet Amazonians?

Amazon.com has faucets on sale; don't delay! The plan this morning was to hammer out a blog on how to fix a leaky kitchen faucet (mine). And then I came across this very timely article on the top 8...

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The Allied Team - Perfect for Grease Trap Cleaning

Cincinnati has an impressive reputation as home to world class restaurants. And all restaurants, from Four-Star to Gold Star, have one thing in common: grease traps. With that in mind, this news item...

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Water Heater Science: Expansion Tanks

Every 6th grade science geek learns that upon freezing, water expands. But did you realize water also expands upon heating? It's a property known as "thermal expansion," which means that as water is...

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Water Wasting 101: It's Curable!

Celebrate the EPA's Fix-A-Leak Week in March In our house, the quarterly water bill is one of our financial measuring sticks. With effort, our family of 6 (2 adults + 4 almost-adults that love to...

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